Certificate making and issuing machine.



W. Ia OHIVIEFI (IL I E. MCALLISTER.

CERTIFICATE MAKING AND ISSUING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. I913.

1,178,940. I Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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W. I. OHMER 62 J. E MCALLESTER.

CERTIFICATE MAKING AND ISSUING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILFRED I. OHMER AND JOHN E. MCALLISTER, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR-S TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A COR-PO- RATION OF OHIO.

CERTIFICATE MAKING AND ISSUING MACHINE.

Application filed January 20, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILFnno I. OHMER and JOHN E. MCALLISTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Certificate Making and Issuing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certificate making and issuing machines and is in the nature of an improvement upon the machine shown and described in the patent issued to us May 18th, 1915, No. 1,139,567.

The object of the invention is to render it more diflicult to make errors or to defraud the machine either by wrongfully actuating the mechanism thereof or bymanipulating the certificates and duplicates in such a manner that the certificate which is actually issued will not correspond with the dupli- I cate which is retained by the issuing ofiice.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and facilitate certain operations in volved in the use of the machine.

To accomplish these objects we have provided further locking mechanism which will serve to prevent the improper actuating of parts of the mechanism and will be automatically released to permit of their being properly actuated. We have also provided mechanism controlled by the setting devices by means of which the printing mechanisms for making the certificate and for the record are set, to print or otherwise place upon the certificate, the duplicate and the record a symbol which will indicate the character of the certificate and will serve to identify the same with its duplicate and with the record. which is retained in the machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for changing the date upon which interest begins to run; to provide means whereby the date of interest is set simultaneously with the date of issue and is maintained in proper relation thereto; to

provide means for indicating the new accounts on the record; and to provide means to facilitate the feeding of the paper from the cabinet. 7

It is also an object of the invention to provide means whereby the feelencentmL Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 742,997.

lin devices may be permitted to operate be ore the certificate-making and recording devices begin to operate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a transverse sectional view of a machine embodying our invention showing the principal parts of the mechanism in elevation; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the right hand end of the mechanism with the inclosing cabinet partially in elevation; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the left hand end of the mechanism with the inclosing cabinet entirely removed; Fig. t is a vertical, sectional view taken just inside the right hand end frame 'member; Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the carriagecontrolled locking device for locking the setting levers against movement while the carriage is in position and also the carriage-released lock for the machine as a whole; Fig. 6 is a. fractional detail View of the carriagereleasedlock of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a fractional detail view of the carriage-operated setting- I lever lock of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a view substantially similar to Fig. 5 showing the mechanism provided with means for ante dating the interest on the certificates; F ig. 9 is a view of the antedating mechanism, partly in section; Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the carriage-controlled machine lock; Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the carriage controlled lock for the setting devices: Fig. 12 is a side elevation of'the device for placing a mark on the record adjacent to new accounts; Fig. 13.is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. '12; Fig. 14L is a detail view of the device forrprinting an identifying symbol onthe record. showing its connection with thedenomination setting-handle; Fig. 15 is an elevation of a portion of the mechanism showing the means for permitting the operating handle to be actuated to operate the feelers without affecting the certificate-making devices of the recording mechanism; Fig. 16 is a detail perspective view of a carriage-controlled lock for preventing the operation of the denomination setting lever when the carriage isin its inner position; Fig. 17 isa facsimile of the certificate; Fig. 18 is a facsimile of the duplicate; and Fig. 19 is a facsimile of a record taken from the machine.

In these drawings we have illustrated the invention applied. to a machine having p Patented Apr. 11, 1915.

the same general characteristics as that shown in the application above mentioned. This machine is fully illustrated and described in said patent and it is only necessary to herein describe such parts thereof as are necessary to an understanding of the present invention. The machine as a whole comprises a frame consisting of right hand and left hand end members 1 and 2, respectively, connected one to the other by suitable connecting rods or tie bars, such as are shown at 3 and i. and serving as a support for the various parts of the mechanism. The lower part of the frame which supports the recording mechanism is of greater length than is the upper part thereof whichcarries the devices for making the certificate and its duplicate. lVe have, therefore, mounted upon the tie bars :l a supplemental frame member 5 which extends upward from the tie bars to a point substantially level with the end frame member 1 and is connected with that frame member by suitable rods and shafts. which support the various parts of the mechanism.

The device as a whole is preferably inclosed in a casing or cabinet 6 having openings to permit the operating devices for the several parts of the machine to project beyond the same into positions in which they will. be readily accessible for operation. The devices carried by the upper portion of the frame are spaced a short distance away from the devices carried by the lower part of the frame and in this manner a space is provided to receive a carriage 7 which supports the material from which the certificate and its duplicate are to be formed. This carriage preferably slides in a substantially horizontal plane and to this end is mounted in guideways or tracks 8 carried by the main frame. In the particular type of machine.

here illustrated the certificateand its duplicate are furnished by the Postoifice Department to the issuing ofiice with certain data printed thereon and the certificate making devices supply the remaining data necessary to complete the certificate. This data may be applied to the certificate-forming material in any suitable manner but in this type of machine printing devices are provided which may be set to cause them to print the desired data on any particular certificate and its duplicate and, as will be hereinafter described. the setting of certain of these printing devices to print given data on the certificate and its duplicate will also set the record printing devices to cause the latter to print corresponding data upon the record.

The certificate when issued must bear both the date on which it is issued and the date upon which interest begins to run, which, under the present postal savings system, is the first day of the month following the month in which the certificate is issued. These dates are printed upon the certificate and upon the duplicate thereof by separate groups of printing wheels, (see Fig. 5), the printing wheels for the date of issue for the certificate and its duplicate being shown at 9 and 10, respectively, while the date upon which interest begins to run is printed upon the certificate and the duplicate by the type wheels 11 and 12. respectively. These type wheels are of the ordinary construction which include gears for actuating the type wheels. In the present instance the type wheels which print the corresponding data on the certificate and the duplicate are con nected by means of double rack bars 13 and 14, the former having teeth along its lower edge to mesh with the gears of the type wheels 9 and 10 which print the date of issue and the bar 14 having teeth along its lower edge to mesh with the gears of the type wheels 11 and 12 which print the interest date. Both the bars 13 and 14: are provided along their upper edges with other teeth which mesh with suitable toothed actuating elements. In thepresent organination a. toothed segment 15 is mounted on a shaft 16 and meshes with the teeth of the rack 13. This .egment has a handle 17 which-projects beyond the front of the easing where a suitable scale orjgage is provided to enable the date printing wheels to be set. The several segments for actuating the respective date printing wheels are arranged on a common axis and each is provided with a toothed segment 1.8 to be engaged by a pawl 19 to hold the handle 17 and, consequently, the date printing wheels in thei adjusted positions and to aline the date printing wheels in a well. known manner. The rack 1st is also provided on its upper edge with teeth which mesh with a toothed segment 20 mounted on a shaft 21 and having a handle 22 by means of which it may be manipulated to set the interest date printing wheels in the same manner that the segment 15 sets the date-of-issue printing wheels. The several segments 20 also have secured thereto other toothed segments 23 to receive pawls 24 for alining the printing wheels and locking the same in their adjusted positions. In the case of the segment 2-0 which sets the type wheels which print the month on which interest begins to run we prefer to connect this segment with the corresponding segment 15 which sets the month for the date of issue. This connection may be made in any suitable manner, as

by means of a connecting rod 25. In thismanner the two segments are maintained in fixed relation and by advancing the month type wheel for the date on which interest begins to run one month ahead of the dateof-issue month type wheel, it will be apparent that whenever the month for the date of issue is changed the month upon which the certificate begins to bear interest is also changed. The certificate when issued also bears a account number to identify the party to whom the certificate is issued. Printing devices for printing this number on the certificate and the duplicate are mounted in the upper portion of the frame and are substantially similar to and areoperated in sub stantially the same manner as the date printing wheels just described. The certificate carriage which supports the certificate during the making operation is moved into printing position beneath the several certificate and duplicate printing devices, and is then moved toward the printing devices to carry the certificate-forming material into printing contact with these printing devices, this being accomplished in a manner to be hereinafter described;

The recording mechanism as a whole is substantially the same as that described in the above-mentioned application and comprises two rows of printing counters and an accumulator. The front row of printing counters print upon the record sheet detail items or data concerning each certificate issued, while the second row of printing de vices compute and print on the record sheet the totals, of such of the detail items as may be totalized, for a given period of time and the accumulator computes a total record for a period of time including two or more of the periods covered by the total printing counters abovementioned.

The detail printing counters comprise two groups of counting wheels, the two groups being of different diameters. The wheels of the larger group, indicated at 26, are mounted on a shaf 27, while the second group, comprising the smaller wheels, are indicated at 28 and are mounted on a shaft 29. The second row of printing counters, which are arranged in the rear of the first row and are all of one diameter, are indicated at 30 and are mounted upon a shaft 31. The ac cumulator comprises a series of counters consisting of gears only which are indicated at 32 and are mounted upon a shaft 33 which is carried by arms 34 carried by a shaft 35 extending longitudinally ofthe machine near the rear thereof. A single actuator. which is controlled in the manner described in the above-mentioned application, actuates the corresponding counters of the three rows to cause them to register the same item upon each operation of the machine. As shown, this actuator is a'two-toothed actuator 36 and is adapted to be moved through a half revolution on each operation of the machine. hen it is desired to take a record from the accumulator the total printing counters 30 are reset to zero and the arms or supporting frame 34 for the accumulator moved downward to bring the gears 32 into mesh with the gears which form part of the counter wheels 30. The accumulator is then reset to zero and the count thus transferred to the total counters and the accumulator returned to its normal position.

Printing mechanism of any suitable character may be provided to print a record from the printing counters. The mechanism here shown is well known and is substantially the same as that shown and described in the above-mentioned application and need not, therefore, be here described in detail. Briefly, it comprises a carriage consisting of side members 37 carrying between them a platen 38 and having at their lower edges teeth 39 to mesh with a gear 40 on a printing shaft 41, the latter being journaled in the end members of themain frame near the bottom thereof. The normal position of the carriage is such that the platen lies between the two rows of'printing counters and when it is desired to print from the front row, or detail counters, the carriage is moved in one direction and when it is desired to print from the rear row or total counters the carriage is moved in the opposite direction. The printing carriage may be operated in any suitable manner but preferably its operation to cause a record to be printed from the detail counters takes place simultaneously with the operation of the certificatemaking devices and is accomplished through the medium of the same operating member. The operation of the printing carriage to take arecord from the total counters may be accomplished by turning the printing shaft 41 by hand, it being, if desired, provided with a hand wheel for this purpose. a

.After the several parts of the mechanism have been set the machine is operated to make the certificate and print the record thereof by an operating handle 42 which is mounted on a stud 43 and has secured thereto a pinion 44 meshing with anidle gear which in turn meshes with a gear 46 which is rigidly secured to a cam 47 having in the face thereof a cam groove 48. A connecting rod 49,..0ne end of which is bifurcated to straddle the stud 50, on which the cam is mounted, has a pin 51 which extends into the cam groove 48 on the cam disk 47. This connecting rod is connected at its other end to a downwardly extending arm 52 which is pivotally mounted at its upper end on the end frame member and is provided at its lower end with a rack 53 adapted to mesh with a pinion 54 rigidly secured to the printing shaft 41. Thus, it will be seen that each operation of the handle will cause the printing shaft to be rotated to print a record from the detail counters.

It is desirable that some means should be provided to prevent the printing shaft being so manipulated to produce a wrong or in accurate record. To this end we have provided means for normally locking the shaft against movement and for automatically releasing the same to permit its operation when the operating handle is actuated. Further, we have provided means for releasing the printing shaft from the locking means to permit the shaft to be manually operated to print the total record, but we have also provided means whereby the operating handle will be locked against movement whenever the printing shaft has been released to permit of its manual operation, thereby preventing the machine from being operated when the printing mechanism is not in a condition to print a detail record. l i hile various devices may be provided to accomplish these results, that shown in Fig. is very satisfactory and, as there shown, the hinting shaft is released from the looking device to permit of its manual operation to print the total record.

Tn order to normally look the printing shaft against operation a disk 55 is secured to the printing shaftalongside the gear 5e and has formed therein a notch 56 adapted to receive a nose 57 carried by an arm or lever 58 and arranged between the ends thereof. The arm 58 is pivotally mounted at one end on the end wall of the main frame, has rigidly secured thereto a shorter arm 59 and is acted upon by a spring 60 to move the arm 58 and the nose 57 toward the printing shaf e21, thus normally holding the nose in the recess of the disk and preventing the rotation of the printing shaft in either direction. The short arm 59 extends into the path of an elongated lug 61 rigidly secured to one side of the segment 53 and adapted to be engaged by said lug upon the first movement of the segment, thus moving the arms 59 and 58 against the tension of the spring 60 and withdrawing the nose from the notch in the disk. The elongated lower edge of the lug (31 will remain in engagement with the end of the arm 59 and thus hold the arm 58 in an inoperative position until the segment has been returned to its normal position. when the spring 60 will again move the locking arm 58 into its operative position. To enable the locking arm 58 to be moved into an inoperative position when it desired to manually-actuate the printing shaft to print the total record we have mounted on the exterior of the cabinet or casing 6 a lever 62 which is in the farm of a pointer and is adapted to travel between two indications arranged on the cabinet. one of these indications comprising the word Total and the other the word Accounts. When the pointer or lever 69. has been moved to the word Total the printing shaft will be released and may be manually operated. Then the lever has been moved to the word Accounts the printing shaft will be normally locked and will be controlled by the printing handle. The lever or pointer 62 is mounted on a stud (33 carried by the end member of the main frame and has rigidly secured thereto a finger or which is arranged to engage the end of the locking arm 58 when the lever is moved toward the word Total on the cabinet, and to move the locking arm away from the notched disk on the printing shaft, thus releasing the latter. Rigidly secured to and movable withthe lever 62 and the arm 64: is an upwardly extending arm 65 having at its upper end a nose 66 adapted to enter a notch (37 in the periphery of the cam disk a7. The arrangement of the arm 65 with relation to the lever 62 and the arm is such that when the lever has been moved into such a position that the printing shaft has been released, the nose 66 of the arm 65 will enter the notch in the cam disk l7 andlock the printing handle against movement. Aspring-pressed pawl 68 is arranged to enter notches in the lower edge of a plate 69 rigidly secured to the lever 62 and thus hold the same in its adjusted positions. The disk has on its periphery a lug 70 arranged in alinement with the nose 57 on the locking arm 58. hen the printing shaft has been released from the locking arm it is necessary, first, to rotate the shaft in a forward direction in order that the type may be inked and then to rotate the same in a rearward direction to carry the platen across the type wheels. The lug '70 coming in engagement with the nose 57 on the locking arm will positively limit the forward movement of the shaft. The operation of the printing shaft to print the total record automatically releases the locking arm 58. permits it to return to its operative position and at the same time releases the operating handle from the control of the locking arm 65. To accomplish this a second disk is secured to the gear 5% and has a projection 71 which is arranged to engage an arm 72, rigidly secured to the lever 62 audits cooperating parts and rock this lever and said parts about their axes when the printing shaft approaches the end of its printing movement, thus returning the lever (52 to its position adjacent the word Accounts on the cabinet and permitting the locking arm to again control the printing shaft.

In order that the certificate-supporting carriage may be moved toward and away from the printing devices. those portions of the tracks 8 which support the carriage when the same is in its innermost position are made movable and means are provided and operatively connected with the operating handle for imparting such movement to the tracks and the carriage. This is accomplished by means of a set of levers 73 which are mounted upon shafts 7. and 75 and against movement.

in the present construction, 1n the free ends loosely connected at their ends with lugs depending from the tracks. A rocking movement is imparted to the shaft by means of a lever or rock arm 76 rigidly secured to the shaft and having at its upper end a pin 77 extending into the groove of a cam 7 8 which is connected through a suitable train of gearing with the gear H secured to the operating handle. The shape of the cam is such that at the proper time during the movement of the operating ting devices to change the type wheels after the certificate carriage is in place uninked portions of the type wheels would be presented to the printing position and, consequently, a proper impression would not be made when the printing operation took place. e have, therefore provided means for locking the setting devices against movement when the carriage is in its innermost position. As has been above explained the setting devices are provided with toothed segments adapted to be engaged by alining and holding pawls. These pawls are shown in Figs. l and 5 and some of the pawls are of different shapes from others. The pawls,

although of different shapes, all have parts which, when in their normal positions, he in the same plane. For example, the pawl 19 has an upwardly extending arm 80, the upper end of which is in the same plane with the upper edges of the other pawls. It not thought necessary to describe the arrangement or shape of these various pawls in detail. It is sufiicient to state that they all have parts lying in the same plane. A

red or bar 81 extends longitudinally of the 2'a -*ement with the awls or close thereto. Q h

the pawls will be held in engagement with their respective toothed segments and, consequently, the setting devices will be locked This rod is mounted,

of two arms 82 which are mounted on the shaft 83 journaled in the main frame of the machine, and means are provided whereby this shaft will be rocked to move the rod into engagement with the pawls when the carriage is moved into its innermost position. It is also desirable that means should be provided for releasing the rod and the pawls to permit the setting devices, or a part of them, to be automatically returned to their normal positions at the completion of the movement of the operating handle and prior to the withdrawal of the carriage. To accomplish these ends we have, therefore, mounted on the shaft 83, which carries the rod 81, an arm 84; having pivotally mounted thereon at its outer end a pawl 85. Loosely mounted on the shaft 83 is another arm 86, the hub of which is provided with a notch 87 to receive the nose of the pawl 85, the latter being held normally in engagement with the hub of the arm by means of a spring in a manner hereinafter to be described. A suitable connection is made between the arm 86 and the carriage so that the movement of the latter into its innermost position will rock the arm 86, and when the nose of the pawl 85 is in engagement'with the hub of the arm 86 will rock the shaft 83 and thus carry the locking rod into engagement with the pawls. Any suitable form of connection may be utilized for this purpose. In the present instance a lever 88 is loosely mounted between its ends on the shaft 16, has its upper end loosely connected to the arm 86 and is provided at its lower end with a roller 89 arranged alongside of the path traveled by the carriage 7. The carriage itself is provided at the proper point along its side with a projection 90 preferably having that end ad jacent to the roller beveled, and adapted to engage the roller and thus move the lever 88 about its axis, thereby rocking the arm 86 and, as above described, moving the looking rod into its operative position. I

The machine shown and described in the above-mentioned application is provided with means which will hold the locking rod in its operative position after the operating movement has begun. Therefore, after this movement begins it is no longer necessary that the mechanism just described should be operative and it is desirable, as above stated, that this mechanism should be released before the completion of the operating movement to permit of the automatic restoring of the setting devices to their normal positions. To release the rod from these controlling devices we have provided means for moving the pawl 85 out of engagement with the hub of the arm 86. This is accomplished by providing the pawl 85 with a tangential slot 91 which is adapted to receive a pin 92 carried by one end of a lever 93 journaled between its ends on the shaft 83 and having its other end extending downward into the path of a projection or cam 94 secured to the shaft 21 which is rovent its accidental displacement.

tated by the movement of the operating handle. The shape of the slot 91 does not conform with the path t-aveled by the pin 92 when the arm 93 is rocked about its axis and, consequently, this movement of the arm will cause the pin to lift the pawl away from the hub of the arm 86, thus releasing the locking rod from the control of the certificate carriage. The arm 93 has a projection 95 to which i connected one end of a spring 96, the other end of which is secured to a fixed part of the machine and this spring tends to hold the pin 92 nor mally in such a position that the pawl may lie in the notch 87. Further, the arrangement of the spring with relation to the pawl is such that the action of the spring 96 tends to hold the pawl in the notch and thus pre- In this manner, the one spring, 96, serves two functions. It holds the pawl in its operative position and permits the movement of the arm 93 only when positive force is applied thereto and after this force is removed it returns the arm to its normal position.

To prevent the operation of the machine when there is no certificate in place, which would result in the formation of a record without the making of a corresponding cer-' tificate, we have provided a locking device which will prevent the operation of the machine except when the certificate carriage is in printing position. The device which we have provided for this purpose is very simple in its construction and consists of a spring held elbow lever 97 pivotally mounted above the space occupied by the printing carriage, and, in the present instance, on a shaft 98 which carries one set of date printing wheels. The upper end of this lever is held normally in the path of a plate or projection 99 rigidly secured to the. shaft 21 and when in this position serves to lock the shaft 21 and, consequently, the operating mechanism as a whole, of which this shaft forms apart, against movement. The carriage 7 has secured along its upper edge near one side thereof a wedge-shaped strip 100 and the end of the lever 97 rests normally in the path of this projection. The arrangement of the projection with relation to the carriage and the lever is such that it will engage the lever just before thecarriage completes its inward movement, thus rocking the same about its axis and moving its upper end out of the path of the projection 99 on the operating shaft. This movement is completed by the last portion of the m vement of the carriage and will not be accomplished unless the carriage is moved into its innermost position. As soon as the carriage is withdrawn the spring will return the lever to its'locking position.

The mechanism for setting the printing device whichprints the denomination of the certificate issued on the record is similar to the setting devices described and comprises a segment 101 mounted on the shaft 16 and having secured thereto a handle 102 which projects beyond the cabinet of the machine to permit the operation thereof (Figs. 2 and 16). A pawl 103 engages a toothed segment 10a which is rigidly secured to the toothed segment 101 and serves to lock the latter against movement. being on the outside of the end member of the main frame the pawl cannot be controlled by the locking rod just described and we have, therefore, provided other carriage-controlled devices for locking the denomination setting mechanism against movement after the carriage is in printing position. The pawl 103 has a laterally projecting pin 105 and a lever 106 pivotally mounted on the shaft 16 has a nose 107 adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with the pin 105. This lever has a. part rigidly secured thereto which projects downward to a point near the certificate carriage, as indicated at 108. Pivotally mounted on a fixed part of the machine beneath the pawl of the carriage is an L-shaped lever 109 having its end arranged to engage the depending part 108 of the lever 106. The L-shaped lever 109 also has its straight edge arranged adjacent to a projection, such as a roller 110 secured to and depending from the carriage T. Consequently, when the carriage is moved inward the roller will engage the edge of the lever 109 and force the same outward, thus rocking the lever 106 about its axis and causing the nose 107 thereof to extend over the pin 105 on the pawl 103. thereby locking the pawl'in engagement with the segment 104 and preventing the operation of the deinomination setting handle. When the carriage has been withdrawn the lever 106 is free to move and the lower edge of the nose 107 being inclined, the pressure on the handle 102 will exert an upward pressure on the pawl 103 and the pin 105 will force the nose ofthe lever 106 backward, thus releasing the pawl.

The machine is provided with feelers or devices controlled by the presence or absence of a certificate in printing position or by the character of the certificate to permit or prevent the operation of the machine, as shown at 201 in Fig. i and described in the patent mentioned. It is desirable that these feelers should operate before the certificate making and recording devices begin their operation. We have. therefore, so constructed the connections between the operating handle and the feelers and between the operating handle and the certificate making and recording devices that the first portion of the movement of the handle will operate the feelers but will not operate the This mechanism.

certificate-making and recording devices. (See Figs. 2 and 15.) To accomplish this we have rigidly secured to the. gear 46 on the stud 50 a mutilated gear which is adapted to mesh with a gear 111 on a shaft 112 journaled on the end members of the main frame and forming a part of the driv ing mechanism for the machine. The gear 46, as above described, is driven by the idle gear 45 rotatably mounted on the shaft 112 and meshing with the pinion 44 rigidly secured to the handle, as shown in Fig. 15. Consequently, it will be apparent that the handle may be moved through a considerable distance, preferably about a quarter of a revolution, before the mutilated gear 110 has been advanced far enough to cause it to engage the gear 111 and thus actuate the shaft 112. During this interval the feelers are actuated and should the conditions be such that the feelers would not operate properly the handle may be returned to its normal position inasmuch as none of the printing devices or other mechanisms have been moved from their normal positions.

We have also provided means for printing on the certificate, the duplicate and on the record in two places a symbol which corresponds to the denomination for which the certificate is issued and the setting of the symbol into printing position is controlled by the setting of the denomination printing devices for the record. In the form of the machine here shown the denomination of the certificate is not only printed on the record but is printed on the certificate. By printing a symbol indicating the particular denomination for which the certificate is issued on the certificate, duplicate and record it is imposible to defraud the machine by placing therein a certificate of a high denomination and a duplicate of a low denomination and then setting the machine to record the low denomination, thus issuing l a certificate of high denomination but pre serving records which showthat the certificate was of lower denomination.

The denomination setting handle 102 is connected through a train of gearing, which it is not necessary to here describe, with a setting shaft 114 which, in turn, is connected through a train of gearing with a denomination printing wheel 115 which is loosely mounted on the shaft 27. The setting handle 102, of course, travels over a scale or a gage and the position of the same with reference to said scale determines the denomination which will be printed on the record by the printing wheel 115. Instead of printing on the record, in the column de voted to the particular denomination for which the certificate is issued, the numeral 1 we have provided a device to print in that column the symbol, corresponding to the denomination printed by the printing wheel,

115. This we accomplish in the present form of the machine by providing a series of one point type bars each carrying a single symbol and connecting these type bars with the type wheel 115 in such a manner that the proper symbol will be brought into printing position simultaneously with the bringing into printing position of the corresponding denomination on the printing wheel 115. We have in this machine used letters of the Greek alphabet for the symbols but obviously any other suitable symbol could be employed. The several type bearing devices wheel is, however, controlled by the setting of the denomination printing type wheel for the record. These type wheels are indicated at 117 and 118, respectively in Fig. 4. They are of the usual type, each comprising the type bearing disk and the gear rigidly secured thereto. To set these type wheels a toothed segment 119, Fig. 2, is connected with the denomination setting handle 102 and meshes with another segment 120 on a shaft 121 extending longitudinally of the machine and having secured thereto at a point between the frame members a segment 122 which meshes with another segment 123 mounted on the shaft 16 and secured to the setting segment 124 which meshes with a gear 125 which sets the symbol printing de-- vices for both the certificate and the dupli- .1.

cate. The segment 124 is similar to the setting segments heretofore described and has its locking segment and paw]. as the others have, but it has no setting handle projecting beyond the cabinet and cannot be manually controlled independently of the denomination setting handle or lever. This segment is connected by a rod or link 126 with a. crank arm 127 connected with a segment 12S mounted in the lower part of the frame and arranged to mesh with a pinion 129 secured to a symbol printing type wheel 130 mounted to print the symbol on the record adjacent to the account number. It will be noted, therefore, that upon themaking of a certificate an identifying symbol is printed on the certificate, on the duplicate, in, the denomidenomination of the certificate which was issued.

To facilitate the handling of the records and the keeping of collateral records in the issuing office it is desirable that the records should be marked to indicate the new accounts, that is, the first deposit of each particular depositor (Figs. 12, 13). Thus, when the official is checking up his recoros and filing his duplicates it is apparent by a glance at the record itself and without a search through his files and collateral records whether or not this particular account number appears upon his books or whether a file or jacket to receive the duplicates has been made out. To accomplish this we have mounted on the shaft 27 a one point type bar 131 carrying a star, or other suitable symbol. The one point type bar 131 is actuated by means of a rod 132 having one end bifurcated to straddle the shaft 27 and having one arm of ,its bifurcated end connected with the type bar 131 by a pin and slot connection, as shown at 133. This rod is slidably mounted on a shaft 134 and has loosely connected to its upper end a push rod 135 which projects through the cabinet and is marked on its outer end with a suitable indication, such as the words New acct. By pushing inward on this push red the type bar is moved into printing position and will print the star on the record, together with the other data pertaining to the certificate which is being issued. A spring-held pawl 136 engages notches in the rod 132 and serves to hold the same in either its printing or non-printing position until positive force has been applied thereto. The type bar is preferably moved to its inoperative position automatically so that there will be no possibility of its being left imidvcrtentlyin printing position. To this end there is rigidly connected to the pawl 136 a finger 137. preferably by rigidly connecting both to the shaft 134. The end of the finger 137 is arranged in the path of a projection 13% can ried by a collar rigidly secured to a shaft 139 forming a part of the operating mecha nism. Consequently, when the shaft 139 rotated durin the operation of the machine the projection 138 will engage the lever 137. lift the pawl 136 out of its notch and a spring 1&0, connected at one end vith the bar 132 and at the other end with a pawl, will actuate the former to move the type bar into its inoperative position.

Ye have also provided a positive simple lock for locking the accumulator in engagement with the gears of the totalizing counters and for automatically releasing the same when the account has been fully transferred from one to the other. As described in the former application above mentioned the shaft 85, which carries the supporting frame for the accumulator, has at each end down wardly projecting arms 141 and 142, each provided at its lower end with a toe, 1 13 and 1%. These toes normally bear against projections 1 15 and 1&6 secured to a shaft 1 17 and actuated through a suitable lever i 1&8 by a key adapted to be inserted in a key barrel 148. All this mechanism is old in the former application and need not be here described. Suflice it to say that so long as the projections 1 15 and 1 16 are in their normal positions, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the accumulator is locked against downward movement. When the shaft has been actuated by the insertion and rotation of the key in the key barrel 1&9 the projections will be moved out of the path of the toes on the arms 1&1 and 1 12 and the accumulator will be free, so far as these devices are concerned, to move downward into engagement upon the toe 1&3 of the arm 141 and is held in engagement therewith by a spring 151 which tends to move the same downward. ld hen the accumulator is moved downward the rearward movement of the toe moves the same beyond. the nose 150 and the arm 1 19 is free to move downward under the influence of the spring 151, thus placing the nose in front of the toe and locking the accumulator in its lowermost position. To elevate the arm 1&9 and release the accumulator we have provided a T-shaped lever 152, pivotally mounted on the main frame and having one end of its transverse portion loosely connected, by means of a pin and slot, to the" arm 119 and provided at its other end with a lip 153. The lower part of the T-shaped lever, which constitutes the hub thereof, has a projection 154. Mounted on the resetting shaft 155 of the accumulator is a disk 156 provided with a recess having a shoulder 157 and also provided with a projection 158 extending beyond the outer edge of the shoulder 157. \Vith the parts as shown in Fig. 3 the accumulator is in its uppermost position and is locked in that position. When it is moved downward he action of the spring 151 in moving the arm 1&9 downward rocks the lever 152 about its axis and when the accumulator is moved downward the projection 154: on the lever will lie in the path of the projection 158 on the disk carried by the accumulator shaft and the movement of the accumulator shaft in resetting the same to transfer the record will cause the projection 158 to engage the projection 154 and rock the lever 152 in a direction to cause the lip 153 to extend into the path of the shoulder 157 so that it will Cir be engaged by the latter just prior to the completion of the resetting action of the accumulator shaft, thus further rocking the lever 152 about its axis and elevating the arm 1 19 to release the arm 1 11 and, consequently, the accumulator. ll lien the ac cumulator is returned to its normal position the shoulder is moved away from the lip and the parts assume the positions shown in Fig. 3. 6

Means are also provided for facilitating the removal of the record sheet from the machine. fed forward by means of feeding rolls 159 and 160, but the end of the sheet does not always project forward to a position where it can be readilv grasped by the hand. To enable it to be moved forward into such a position we have provided a hand wheel or knob 161 arranged on the outside of the cabinet and having connected thereto within the cabinet a gear 162 adapted to be moved into and out of mesh with the lower driving gear 163 for the paper feeding rollers. To permit this movement the knob and the gear 162 are preferably mounted on a shaft 16st which eXt-endsthrough a slot 165 in the cabi net and is supported by an arm 166 pivotally mounted at its rear end. as shown at 167. The end of this arm projects beyond the edge of the gear 162 and is arranged to be engaged bv a finger 168 secured to a, hinge closure 169. When the closure is in its closed position the finger 168 will engage the proiecting end of the lever 166 and move the gear 162 out of engagement with the paper feeding gear 163 and anymovement imparted to the knob 161 will not affect the position of the record sheet. When it is desired to remove the sheet the closure for the opening in the cabinet is raised, thus releasing the lever 166 and permitting the shaft 16stto be moved upward to carry the gear into engagement with the paper feed ing gear and to be rotated by the knob 161 to feed the paper'forward. Preferably, a spring 170 is connected with the lever 166 to move the same upward and retain the gears in mesh. I 7

As has been above explained the setting devices for the date of issue and the date upon which interest begins to run are so connected as to maintain these dates in proper relation one to the other and to enable the setting of one device to accomplish the movement of the other. It not infrequently happens that a depositor will return. a certificate issued at a prior date and desire to withdraw a portion only of the sum called for by the certificate. It then becomes necessary to issue a. new certificate for the residue of the deposit and the interest on the same must run from the date upon which the original deposit was made. Therefore, it becomes necessary to'set the printing devices for the As will be understood, the paper is date printing devices.

date upon which interest begins to run independently of the date-of-issue printing devices. To accomplish this we may, if de sired. provide men s for causing the two printing devices to be controlled in unison, as above described, or at the will of the operator to enable the one to be adjusted relatively to the other. i

In the form of the mechanism shown in Fig. 8 the segment 15 which actuates the rack18 is of substantially the same construction that heretofore described and is actuated by the handle 17 Loosely mounted on the shaft 16 alongside of the segment 15 is a collar 171 having an arm 172. Bigidly secured to the segment 15 is a block or abutment 17 8 having secured thereto a ring 1.7 4; about which are coiled two springs 17 and 176, these springs being confined respectively between the opposite sides of the arm 172 and the abutment 17 3 and being of equal tension so that they normally tend to hold the arm 172 in a fixed relation to the handle 17. The collar 171 also has a second arm 177 to which is connected the adjacent end of the arm 25 by means of which the segment 15 is connected to the segment 20, the latter meshing with the rack 14; for the interestsprings 175 and176 is such that normally the segments 15 and 20 will be moved in unison by theflmovement of the handle 17. Mounted on the shaft 21 alongside of the segment 20, and rigidly secured to the toothed segment 20 are two internal segmental racks 178 and 179. One of these racks 17 8 is provided with recesses for substantially its full length, while the other has a single recess near the center thereof. Pivotally mounted on a stud carried by the segment 20 are two pawls 180 and 181 adapted to engage, respectively, with the racks 178 a and 179. These pawls are spring held, as shown, and when the pawl 181 is in the recess of the rack 179 the segment 20 will be so positioned with relation to the segment 15 that the month of the date when interest begins to run will be the month following the month of the date of issue. The operating handle 182 is connected with the segment 20 and is provided with a push rod 183 by means of which the pawls 180 and 181.

may be tripped to permit the segment 20 to move independently of the racks 178 and 179. Access may be had to the lever 182 by means of a door 18d hinged to the main portion of the cabinet and'having an inwardly extending projection 185 arranged to engage a lever .186 pivotally mounted within the cabinet and having a lug187 adapted to be moved into alinement with a toe 188 on the upwardly extending arm 189 of the pawl 19, thereby locking the pawl 19 against movement about its axis and holding the segment 15 against movement,

The tension of the After the door 181' has been opened and the segments 15 and 28 thus locked against movement the handle 182 is manipulated to actuate the segment 20 to set the date when interest begins to run at the desired month and the push rod 183 is then released to allow the pawl 180 to engage the rack 17 8, thereby locking the seg ment 20 in its adjusted position. During this movement of the segment 20 the segment 15 is held against movement, as above stated, and one of the springs 175 or 176 is compressed to permit of the movement of the connecting rod 25 and also to restore thesegment .20 to its normal positionwheu the pawl 180 has been again disengaged from the rack 178. Preferably the pawlis disengaged automatically by the operation of the machine, thereby avoiding the possibility of the operator forgetting to restore these date wheels to their normal positions with the result that a certificate or certificates would be issued bearing the wrong date upon which interest begins to run. "To disengage the pawl on the rack a collar or disk 190 is slidably mounted on the shaft.21 andhas a tapered nose 191 arranged to engage a pin,

192 carried by the pawl 180. This movement is imparted to the disk 190 by means of a cam 19S rigidly secured to the shaft 21, which forms a part ofthe operating mecha nism, and adapted to engage a projection 194: on the collar. The cam is so arranged that it will engage theprojection during the last portion of the-movement of the operating mechanism and after the printing has been accomplished,thus causingthe projection on the collar toengage the pinon the pawl and disengage the latter from the rack.

The collarpreferably hasa surface eXtending rearwardly from the projection 190 over which the pin of the pawl rides toretain the pawl out ofengagement with the rackuntil the segment has been returnedto its normal position.

We also find it desirableto provide means for retaining the printed record sheet in the machine and to this end we have provided beneath the machine a compartment .196 (see Fig. at) which communicates with the upper casing immediately in front of the feed rollersby means of a conduit 197having a-fiared upper end to receivethepaper. Consequently, when the paper is fed out by the feedingrollers it will be deflected downward and caused to accumulate in the compartment 196. This compartment may be provided with any suitable means for permitting accessto the interior thereof and, as here shown, the entire casing is hinged to the main casing, as shown at 199, and is held in its closed position by means of a catch 198 arranged at the front end thereof.

It is thought that the operation of the machine will be fully understood from the fore eia des firtien heti wil be are ent that the mechanisms constituting the present invention add materially to the utility of the machine as a whole, render it much-more difiicult to defraud the same by the wrongful manipulation of the mechanismsor of the certificates themselves and further-serve to facilitate the operation of the machine.

While we have shown our invention as applied to a particular type of machine and have, in each instance, illustrated a single embodiment of the mechanism, it will be understood that this machine and these embodiments of the invention are chosen for the purpose of illustration only and that we do not wish to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious-modifications will occur to one skilled in the art. Further,-it will be understood that such terms as certificate, printing mechanism and the like are used in a broad sense, the former being intended to include bank checks, bills of sale and all equivalent instruments, while the latter is intended to include any mechanism by means of which distinguishing marks may be placed upon the certificate or record regardless of whether these marks are made by the use of ink or. otherwise.

Having thus fully described our invention, whatwe claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the character described, aiprinting device adjustable to differentprinting positions toprint different data, a supportingdevice, for the material to be printed upon, movable into and out of printing position, means to actuate one of said devices, after said supporting device has been moved into printing positiointo cause an impression to be taken from said printing device, and means controlled by the movement of said supporting device into printing vposition to lock said printing device against adjustment.

2. Inamaehine of the character described, asupporting device for certificate forming materialmovable into and out of printing position, a printing device to act on the material on said supporting device when the latter is in printing-position, means to set said printing device to cause it to print the proper data, means to impartmovement to one of 'said devices, after said supporting device has been moved into printing position, to cause said data to be printed on the material on said supporting device, and means controlled by the movement of said supporting device into printingposition to lock said printing device against setting movement.

3. In a machine of the character described, a printing device adjustable to different positions to print diflerent data, a supporting eu .fQ thema eria to b pr d 11119. 

